D.C. United players to visit Armed Forces’ bases

December 1, 2009

Washington, D.C. (December 1, 2009) - D.C. United announced today Marc Burch and Devon McTavish will head to the Pacific to take part in the MLS Soccer Stars tour presented by Armed Forces Entertainment. The tour lasts from December 2-13 and the United stars will join Houston Dynamo players Mike Chabala and Bobby Boswell, a former Black-and-Red standout. Visit dcunited.com and BehindTheBadge.com for periodic updates from the players during the tour.

“We are very excited to once again be invited on this tour,” said United’s Director of Community Relations Aprile Pritchet. “It gives D.C. United an opportunity to say thank you to the men and women who have volunteered to serve and protect our freedom and our country.”

The group will be doing clinics for kids and adults at Hickam Air Force Base, Pearl Harbor, Kaneohe Marine Corps Base, and NMRF Barking Sands Navy Base in Hawaii. They will then travel internationally to host clinics in Kwajalein and Guam before returning home.

Founded in 1951, Armed Forces Entertainment provides the best in up-and-coming American entertainment to US troops and family members stationed overseas, with priority to remote and isolated locations, ships at sea, and contingency operations. Entertainment is provided to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

The full itinerary for D.C. United’s Armed Forces Entertainment tour is as follows:

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